Cane vs Tan - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between cane and tan

is that cane is to make or furnish with cane or rattan while tan is to change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.See Wikipedia article on Tanning. To work as a tanner.

As nouns the difference between cane and tan

is that cane is to do with a plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane while tan is a yellowish-brown colour.

As verbs the difference between cane and tan

is that cane is to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement while tan is to change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.

As proper nouns the difference between cane and tan

is that cane is abbreviation of Canadian English|lang=en while Tan is an English surname derived from the transliteration of various Asian surnames, particularly originating from China and Vietnam.

As an adjective tan is

of a yellowish-brown.

As a numeral tan is

the second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting.See Wikipedia article on Yan Tan Tethera

As an initialism TAN is

Total Acid Number, the measure of a lubricant's or crude oil's acidity.

cane

English

Noun

To do with a plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane.

# (uncountable) The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae.

# (uncountable) The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed.

# (uncountable) Sugar cane.

#* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, chapter=7, title= The Dust of Conflict , passage=Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane , and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.}}

# (US, Southern) Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.

The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool.

# (countable) A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.

# (uncountable) Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.

# A lance or dart made of cane.

#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)

Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign / The flying skirmish of the darted cane .

A rod-shaped tool or device, somewhat like a cane.

# (countable) A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick.

#* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.}}

#* , chapter=10

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say.}}

# (countable, glassblowing) A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.

# (countable) A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path.

(uncountable) Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, chapter=1, title= The China Governess , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}

A local European measure of length; the canna.

Synonyms

* (the slender flexible stem of a plant such as bamboo) stem, stalk; (of a tree) trunk * (the plant itself) reed * (sugar cane) molasses cane * switch, rod * (corporal punishment by beating with a cane) the cane, a caning, six of the best, whipping, cuts * (strong short staff used for support during walking) staff, walking stick * (a long rod often collapsible) white cane, blind man's cane

Derived terms

* bamboo cane * blind man's cane * cane knife * cane rat * cane sugar * cane toad * caneworking * floricane * primocane * sugar cane * walking cane * white cane

Verb

(can)

To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.

(British, New Zealand, slang) To destroy.

(British, New Zealand, slang) To do something well, in a competent fashion.

(UK, slang, intransitive) To produce extreme pain.

Don't hit me with that. It really canes !

Mate, my legs cane !

To make or furnish with cane or rattan.

to cane chairs

Anagrams

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tan

Translingual

(wikipedia tan)

Symbol

(head)

A symbol of the trigonometric function tangent.

Synonyms

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